My understanding, confirmed with a native German-speaking friend last
night, is that Bordun is a musical process not connected to a
specific instrument (like continuo basso) and when used with the
pipes (Dudelsack) it refers to Brummpfeife/n, i.e. the drones.
This may be historically true,
A german dictionary says the plural form is Bordune, same with
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.
Hartmut
Ann Sessoms schrieb:
A question for German speakers: Does der Bordun have a plural form, or
do
people use Bordunpfeifen?
Thanks,
Ann
Where I work (at a home for intellectually disabled people) there is an
instrument in the music department known as a Bordun Lyre. We have about
4 - 5 of them and each one is tuned to a different chord. They can be easily
retuned to major or minor chords as required and are played one after the
